Sixteen feet in profile, of women and men: a parody of phrenology. Coloured etching.

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[1820?]
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11848i
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Sixteen feet in profile, of women and men: a parody of phrenology. Coloured etching. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Each of the sixteen feet in the print has a humorous annotation below it in phrenological jargon. "Arthur's seat" in Edinburgh may be a reference to the Edinburgh phrenologist George Combe

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[Edinburgh?], [1820?]

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1 print : etching, with watercolour

Lettering

Toe-tology - versus - phrenology. A course of lectures to be delivered (at the "foot" of Arthur's seat) on the 1st of April. To prove that there is more expression in the foot than in the head.

References note

Not found in: British Museum Catalogue of political and personal satires, London 1870-1954

Notes

"In the Victoria and Albert museum is another impression. File GG 75 B, E. 484-1961."

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Wellcome Collection 11848i

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